by he Atlético de Madrid certified first place of the group after doing homework before the straight. Cholo Simeone’s team defeated the Italian team thanks to the Goals from Antoine Griezmann, in the early stages, and from Samu Lino, after the restartand close the group stage of the Champions League undefeated after four wins, two draws and no defeats.
The red and white team had a clear script from the start of the game, something that paid off very soon. After a first high shot by Saúl, Griezmann would open the scoring in the 5th minute after finishing at will, with the inside and close to the post, a back pass from Linowho had successfully fought up to two divided balls on the left wing to end up giving the goal to the Frenchman.
Lazio seemed to wake up after the blow and Zaccagni almost tied the game in an individual play that culminated, after a cut against Hermoso, with a shot that was too cross against Oblak. Moments later, Mario Gila tried it with a soft head on a corner kick Inmobile finished very forced another great play by Luis Alberto.
The VAR, present
Maurizio Sarri’s team was approaching with constant arrivals, but between Lino and Griezmann they continued to scare the Italians. The Brazilian had it in the 31st minute with a shot from the top of the area that cleared Provedel. From there, Atlético took the initiative again, and even scored a second goal that ultimately did not get on the scoreboard. It was Hermoso who finished off Nahuel’s cross at the far post, but Lino’s position, right in front of the goalkeeper, invalidated the goal due to positional offside after prior review by the referee in the VAR..
The break was reached with two other dangerous actions, one deviated from Griezmann and another of linenwhich he combined with Saúl into a cool wall before crossing it too far.
Griezmann already had his goal, but the MVP’s was missing. After the resumption, Samu Lino would seal first place in the group after volleying in the area and beating Provedel into the top corner to make it 2-0..
With Atlético having sealed its objective, the chances began to cease at the Metropolitano. Not even Lazio went in search of a comeback, settling for second place, beyond a flash of Felipe Anderson which culminated with a low shot and an unsuccessful half-turn shot from the Tatiana Castellanos.
In fact, a dominant Atlético and moving the ball from one side to the other until the final whistle were able to achieve the third in a very clear chance missed by Morata after hunting the rebound in the area on a direct foul by Memphis.
